For intense color saturation on neat, compact plants that really take the summer heat, Vista is unbeatable! This charmer begins flowering early (before the end of spring in most climates) and continues up to frost, filling garden and container with colorful blooms that attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and compliments by the dozen!
A selection of Scarlet Sage (S. splendens), this tender perennial is grown as an annual in American gardens. It takes off like crazy, setting large, toothy green foliage below the 4- to 5-inch flowerspikes. Nice in the vase, it's really a bedding plant extraordinaire, absolutely knockout beautiful in large plantings.
Yet Vista isn't a space hog, reaching just 10 to 12 inches high and perhaps 8 inches wide. This means you can squeeze it into containers (its nicely vertical habit makes it a great companion to trailing and mounding varieties!) as well as tucking into empty garden spots as needed. Plan to grow an extra packet of seeds just as fill-ins; they will become the stars of any sunny setting!
Vista Mix is a continuous bloomer all season, offering all of the brilliant colors for which the series is famous: red, purple, cream, salmon, lavender, and more! Deadhead or cut the blooms promptly to encourage new buds to appear from spring through summer and fall. It even persists through those deadly hot August weeks when others melt out!
Holding its rich color better in the sunny garden than most other Salvias, Vista is superbly heat-tolerant, and blooms in just 9 to 10 weeks from seed -- a bit quicker than most others in the family. An all-around all-star!
Direct-sow this Salvia or begin the seeds indoors for even earlier blooms. Not fussy about soil, it flourishes in blazing sun, tolerating heat, drought, and other vagaries of the weather. The foliage is evergreen, and so in the coastal West and milder climates of the South it may overwinter and flower again the following spring, though the first year will be its most majestic. Pkt is 50 seeds.
A vast array of colors and sizes for just about any use in borders, bedding, edging, and planters. In summer or fall they produce spikes of tubular flowers that are 2-lipped. Salvia splendens is an annual native to Brazil, grows 6-36 inches tall. Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica grows 36 inches tall with bright pink flowers in summer and fall. It is a biennial native to Turkestan that is hardy from Zones 4 to 7. Salvia superba grows 2-3 feet tall with deep blue to purple flowers. It is hardy from Zones 4 to 7. Salvia microphylla, Baby Salvia, is shrubby and grows 3-6 feet tall with red flowers. It is a half-hardy perennial native to Mexico that is fully hardy in Zones 8 to 10. Salvia farinaceae grows 18-36 inches tall with blue flowers and gray-green leaves. It is a perennial in Zones 8 to 10, but is grown as an annual in colder climates. Native to New Mexico and Texas. Salvia viridis (S. horminium) grows 18 inches tall with rose, pink, purple, blue, or white flowers. Native to Southern Europe, it is a perennial in Zones 9 and 10, but is grown as an annual in colder climates
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
For intense color saturation on neat, compact plants that really take the summer heat, Vista is unbeatable! This charmer begins flowering early (before the end of spring in most climates) and continues up to frost, filling garden and container with colorful blooms that attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and compliments by the dozen!
A selection of Scarlet Sage (S. splendens), this tender perennial is grown as an annual in American gardens. It takes off like crazy, setting large, toothy green foliage below the 4- to 5-inch flowerspikes. Nice in the vase, it's really a bedding plant extraordinaire, absolutely knockout beautiful in large plantings.
Yet Vista isn't a space hog, reaching just 10 to 12 inches high and perhaps 8 inches wide. This means you can squeeze it into containers (its nicely vertical habit makes it a great companion to trailing and mounding varieties!) as well as tucking into empty garden spots as needed. Plan to grow an extra packet of seeds just as fill-ins; they will become the stars of any sunny setting!
Vista Mix is a continuous bloomer all season, offering all of the brilliant colors for which the series is famous: red, purple, cream, salmon, lavender, and more! Deadhead or cut the blooms promptly to encourage new buds to appear from spring through summer and fall. It even persists through those deadly hot August weeks when others melt out!
Holding its rich color better in the sunny garden than most other Salvias, Vista is superbly heat-tolerant, and blooms in just 9 to 10 weeks from seed -- a bit quicker than most others in the family. An all-around all-star!
Direct-sow this Salvia or begin the seeds indoors for even earlier blooms. Not fussy about soil, it flourishes in blazing sun, tolerating heat, drought, and other vagaries of the weather. The foliage is evergreen, and so in the coastal West and milder climates of the South it may overwinter and flower again the following spring, though the first year will be its most majestic. Pkt is 50 seeds.
A vast array of colors and sizes for just about any use in borders, bedding, edging, and planters. In summer or fall they produce spikes of tubular flowers that are 2-lipped. Salvia splendens is an annual native to Brazil, grows 6-36 inches tall. Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica grows 36 inches tall with bright pink flowers in summer and fall. It is a biennial native to Turkestan that is hardy from Zones 4 to 7. Salvia superba grows 2-3 feet tall with deep blue to purple flowers. It is hardy from Zones 4 to 7. Salvia microphylla, Baby Salvia, is shrubby and grows 3-6 feet tall with red flowers. It is a half-hardy perennial native to Mexico that is fully hardy in Zones 8 to 10. Salvia farinaceae grows 18-36 inches tall with blue flowers and gray-green leaves. It is a perennial in Zones 8 to 10, but is grown as an annual in colder climates. Native to New Mexico and Texas. Salvia viridis (S. horminium) grows 18 inches tall with rose, pink, purple, blue, or white flowers. Native to Southern Europe, it is a perennial in Zones 9 and 10, but is grown as an annual in colder climates
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.